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Bonnard Museum presents a new exhibition on the scope symbolic, even iconic nude in the history of art from 1880 to 1950, through works by Gauguin to Bonnard.

Symbolic of the female nude

Pierre Bonnard – Nude in Profile 1917

Since the birth of easel painting, the story of live of Eve did inspired painters as Paul Rubens, Michel Ange, Bosch and Breughel. In the 20th century, the image of the woman appears as symbolic of the female nude.

The first woman in the universe of an artist, was Eve in the representation of the female nude. Gauguin with the idea of his exotic nude has artists shown this representation of nudity.

Bonnard Museum

“I hope that my painting will be without cracking. I want to arrive before the young painters of the year 2000 with the wings of a butterfly”.
Pierre Bonnard, 1946

The only museum in the world dedicated entirely to the work of this prominent figure in the art of the 19th and 20th centuries. The Museum fits naturally in the heart of the town of Le Cannet, Cannes, which inspired Pierre Bonnard by its landscapes and its light of midday.

It was during this period, which lasts almost 22 years, that he painted his most beautiful works. It is this story link and identity between Blackwell and Le Cannet which gives its deep legitimacy at the Bonnard Museum.

The enrichment of the collections of Bonnard Museum is supported by a network of patrons in the first rank of which, the Meyer for the artistic and cultural development Foundation.

In 2012, three new works in Bonnard Museum: a beautiful gouache landscape of the Cannet, Nudes reflected in ice and a large lithograph by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, poster for La Revue Blanche.

Nabis (prophet), group of young French artists from the late 19th and early 20th century. Leaders were Paul Gauguin, Pierre Bonnard and Maurice Denis. The Nabis emphasized colour and composition.

Paris around 1900

Paris was the center of art in Europe. Exhibitions everywhere, artists exhibited their paintings at salons and there was a great demand for art. The avant-garde sizes in the early 20th century.

Art was in that time in flux. France was more an art supply country. Art painters used canvas in standard sizes and paint from ready made tubes.

Artists in that time preferred the Salon de la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts (the Salon) to show their artwork. Radical artworks were not to be found at the Salon.

In 1895 the Nabis artists had their first exhibition there. Artists as Félix Vallotton and Maurice Denis. In 1901, Maurice Denis exhibited his painting Hommage à Cézanne.

But the modern artists wanted to exhibit their work in a modem atmosphere, the Salon des Indépendants. The modern artists were Georges Seurat, Paul Signac, Pierre Bonnard, Édouard Vuillard, Ker-Xavier Roussel, Maurice Denis and Félix Vallotton.

Nabis

Nabis artist Maurice Denis, Eros 1908 seen in Hermitage Amsterdam

Gauguin used unmixed colours. For Denis and Bonnard, this was an important point of view. Denis said about this principle: it is essential to have a flat surface with colours in a particular arrangement.

Their artwork has non perspective, unmixed colours and a bright palette.

Denis and Bonnard painted wall panels for the collector Ivan Morozov (1871–1921). These artworks are the highlights of exhibition, Gauguin, Bonnard, Denis: A Russian Taste for French Art.

Other artists shown in this exhibition are Vuillard, Roussel and Vallotton.

Musée d’Orsay, Paris France presents the exhibition Masculine / Masculine. The exhibition shows you the male nude model with all its sides and meaning in art.

To this day, the artist gets his or her inspiration from the 18th century classical art. Musee d’Orsay shows you everything they own in this area. Art of high level in in all techniques. Painting, sculpture, graphic art and photography.

Exhibition organised by the Musée d’Orsay in collaboration with the Leopold Museum, Vienna.